Rhinovirus Outbreaks in Long-term Care Facilities, Ontario, Canada

Longtin, Jean; Marchand-Austin, Alex; Winter, Anne-Luise; Patel, Samir; Eshaghi, Alireza; Jamieson, Frances; Low, Donald E.; Gubbay, Jonathan B.

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Rhinovirus Outbreaks in Long-term Care Facilities, Ontario, Canada

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Sep 2010
By Longtin, Jean ; Marchand-Austin, Alex ; Winter, Anne-Luise ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Longtin, Jean ; Marchand-Austin, Alex ; Winter, Anne-Luise ; Patel, Samir ; Eshaghi, Alireza ; Jamieson, Frances ; Low, Donald E. ; Gubbay, Jonathan B.
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Diagnostic difficulties may have led to underestimation of rhinovirus infections in long-term care facilities. Using surveillance data, we found that rhinovirus caused 59% (174/297) of respiratory outbreaks in these facilities during 6 months in 2009. Disease was sometimes severe. Molecular diagnostic testing can differentiate these outbreaks from other infections such as influenza.
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Aged Capsid Proteins Disease Outbreaks Dispatch Fatalities Genes, Viral Humans Long-Term Care Long-term Care Facility Ontario Outbreak Phylogeny Picornaviridae Infections Residential Facilities Rhinovirus Viruses
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Emerg Infect Dis. 16(9):1463-1465.
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Journal Article
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16
Issue:

9
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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